Buy eminence professional series kappa pro 15a 15 pro audio speaker, 500 watts at 8 ohms. Select a temporary location on your hard drive to store the download file. I have built speakers using some of the same drivers as you jx92s, betsy, and alpha 15a. Fostex ff85k eminence alpha 15a open baffle speaker open baffle speakers put together by keith. These were dismantled and replaced by a completely different design. Eminence alpha 15 15 inch 200w 8 ohm in stock 9 dec 2019 cookies.
Works great as an upgrade or replacement speaker in many name brand pa speaker systems like yamaha, ev, mackie, gem sound, kustom, and fender. Alpha15a american standard series copper voice coil polyimide former ferrite magnet vented and extended core pressed steel basket paper cone cloth cone edge solid composition paper dust cap 71. From small format pro audio devices to a 15 neodymium guitar speaker, eminence has an exciting new lineup of audio solutions for a wide array of applications. I can report that these 15 eminence deltalites beat the crap out of eminence alpha 15a, which is often referred to in. The ja8008 and tw034 drivers are described in detail in the tqwt file, follow link here. For this new system i decided to step up to probably the best dipole woofer money can buy, the acoustic elegance dipole 15. The alpha can sound muddy if used in an enclosure that is. It can easily handle 250 watts and reproduce frequencies of 58 hz to 5. Eminence 15 inch drivers eminence alpha 15 15 inch 200w 8 ohm eminence alpha 15 15 inch 200w 8 ohm 75. Ob driver impedances red curve woofer, blue curve extended range driver 10 100 1. The bass isnt part of this discussion yet, that has to be dealt with further down the road when i am ready to buy a premade subwoofer.
The video quality is bit better i aint a cover person sorry for the mistakes, dont troll, criticize fairly, headphones may be needed. Open baffle eminence alpha 15a project page 26 vnav. Eminence alpha 38 3 midrange fullrange line array driver. Eminence alpha 10a 10 guitarpa driver eminence s alpha 10a 10 guitarpa speaker is ideal for twoway sound reinforcement loudspeaker systems, keyboard amps, and guitar combos. I would use a bottlehead 2watt amp to drive them directly full range no crossover, but also have on tap a behringer dcx2496 and a couple of aragon 125 and 200 wpc ss amps to chose from, to drive the low end. I have built a open baffle speaker based on the popular visaton b200 and eminence alpha 15a combination. Designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system pdf. Part 2 designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system. The eminence alpha 15a 15 speaker is ideal for twoway sound reinforcement systems, keyboard, and guitar combos. I routed the cut outs using the pe site dimensions but a jig saw will also work. My ongoing project is a open baffle loosely based on troels gravesens ob11 but usling betsy and different dome tweeters. Some guitar mod websites carry the alpha speaker, but not the beta.
The woofer has a high q ts and works very well with open baffle speaker designs. In fact, one of the 15 inch woofers would lead to a further reduction in the external size of the h frame. Eminence american standard alpha 10a 10 midbass pro audio speaker, 150 watts at 8 ohms recommended for pro audio midbass applications in a small sealed cabinet. More powerful and faster, more focused and clear, dryer, deeper and punchier in simple words, they are very musical, full body, totally transparent and sound no less than reallife. Designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system by martin j. The eminence alpha 12a midbass loudspeaker driver is part of thier american standard series and is designed to install into custom made or prefabricated speaker cabinets, that will accomodate a 12 304. Anyway, remember that these speakers i want are not for bass at all, only midrange and treble, a larger woofer should not be necessary.
The beta 15a can be used in a sealed or ported cab properly matched to the driver. Eminence recommends the alpha15a driver for professional audio and bass guitar applications as a woofer in a vented or sealed enclosure. Eminence alpha 10a or beta 10a in sealed 2x10 cab discussion in amps and cabs bg started by. It gets nearly everything right but you must modify it in order to smooth out its roughness and add a super tweeter to extend its high frequencies. Designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system martin j. Thomann uses cookies to give you the best shopping experience. Eminence response curves are measured under the following conditions. Getting even lower bass extension, from a relatively small enclosures, makes the u. Protection plan documents will be delivered via email within 24 hours of purchase. Wild burro betsy and eminence alpha 15a open baffle build. An ideal speaker for portable pa and club music systems.
Our website uses cookies in order to provide a better online experience, this is essential for use of the shopping basket. Alpha15a american standard series loudspeakersplus. The eminence alpha 15a is a 15 inch 8 ohm speaker that works nice as a. Eminence deltalite ii 2515, 15 bass driver is available from. Each eminence american standard model can be identified by its economical stamped steel chassis. After some critical listening i decided that neither bass response nor treble was to my full satisfaction. Jan 07, 2011 based on the warfedale sfb3 and inspired by troels gravesen. In my opinion, any of the drivers mentioned above would work very well in an h frame design and could be substituted into this type of system. Eminence alpha10a 10 guitarpa driver parts express. Ive placed small sealed and ported speakers on top and enjoyed the sound but decided to try open baffle with my growing collection of full range. It can be used in sealed, ported or open baffle type cabinets. Eminence alpha15a 15inch american standard series speakers.
Open baffle eminence alpha 15a project page 3 vnav. Eminence alpha 15a pro audio general purpose woofer handles 150 w rms and has a 1. The ja8008 and tw034 drivers are described in detail in the tqwt file. Eminence recommends the alpha15a driver for professional audio and bass guitar.
Download the installer by clicking on the download button in the right column of this webpage and click on the save button of the file download dialog. Apt 50, apt 80, acoustinator n2012, acoustinator nh2008, apt 150, apt 200, asd 1001, basslite c2515, basslite ca2010, basslite ch2010, basslite. Im interested in doing an ob utilizing a couple of fostex fe167e that are already well broken in. Eminence american standard kappa15lfa 15 pro audio speaker, 600 watts at 8 ohms the eminence kappa 15lfa american standard replacement speaker is designed to be a low frequency woofer for pro audio in a vented enclosure. Power handling should be no problem as long as theyre in a properly designed box, as the peavey head was rated at less than 300w into 4 ohms, and the latest alpha 15a s can handle 300w rms each. I ordered this unit as the driver unit for a bill fitzmaurice designs wedgehorn 6 monitor speaker, although not strictly related too the qulit of the unit, i think its important to mention that thomann are vital to us hobbyist speaker builders in that they stock eminence and other driver units at decent prices. I used the internal dimensions of 17x17x17 but others have made them slightly smaller at 16x16x16. Cookies help us improve performance, enhance user experience and deliver our services. Ideal for tightfitting column and line array applications, the alpha 2 features a 0.
With the slot the woofer seems to be more controlled, but, imo, not much of a difference. The eminence alpha15a 15 speaker is ideal for twoway sound reinforcement systems, keyboard, guitar combos and for all bass applications. Does it know it is a steel guitar, bass or guitar speaker. List of speakerdriver products from manufacturer eminence. Once you go the oneway way, you may never have any use for those crappy sounding horn tweeters ever again. Part 2 designing a passive two way open baffle speaker. Speaker eminence american, 12, alpha 12a, 150w, 8 paalpha15a8 speaker. Visaton b200eminence alpha 15a speaker tao of tubes.
Alpha15a american standard series recommended for professional audio and bass guitar applications as a woofer in a vented or sealed enclosure. The delta 15a will yield a tighter bass than the beta, but less rich and extended. Installing the eminence designer demo involves the following steps. Alpha 15a american standard series copper voice coil polyimide former ferrite magnet vented and extended core pressed steel. Comparison of the bass performance of passive open baffle, u. The eminence alpha 15a woofer shares a hole size and mounting screw pattern with a number of other eminence 15 woofers so this driver can also become a variable for study, for example at some point i would also like to try the eminence beta 15a woofer. Fostex ff85k eminence alpha 15a open baffle speaker diy. View and download eminence acoustinator cx2008 brochure online. Eminence beta 12lta on open baffle speaker projects by zilla. This product is in stock and can be shipped immediately. Ever since i wrote my article designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system the idea of combining an eminence alpha 15a woofer with a smaller full range driver has been something i have wanted to try. Designing a passive two way open baffle speaker system. Eminence american standard alpha 8a 8 pro audio speaker, 125 watts at 8 ohms the american standard alpha 8a is recommended for pro audio midrange applications in a sealed cabinet, or as a midbass in a vented satellite enclosure. Gw1858 and the eminence alpha 15a measured thielesmall parameters is provided in table 2.
Recommended for professional audio mid bass applications in a small sealed or medium vented enclosure. The drivers are a wildburro audio betsy and an eminence alpha 15 woofer. Eminence acoustinator cx2008 brochure pdf download. Nov, 2012 the eminence 6a is supposed to be a midrange. The eminence alpha 12a is a 12 inch 8 ohm speaker that works nice as a midbass or bass speaker. Eminence speakersdrivers 175 products audiofanzine. Eminence alpha 15a experimental open baffle design. This is my favorite full range speaker even tho its not really full range. Lowther open baffle acoustic elegance h frame system. Once youve experienced the performance of eminence, youll never accept anything else. The sides of the box are screwed and glued together using a small kreg pocket hole jig kit.
High power driver recommended for pro audio in vented enclosures. Eminence alpha 15a pro audio speaker loudspeakersplus. Multiple units exceed published rating evaluated under eia 426a noise source and test standard while in a freeair, nontemperaturecontrolled environment. Eminence alpha 28 speaker 2, 30 watts new to the american standard series is the eminence alpha 28 fullrange driver. The eminence alpha15a is a 381 mm 15 diameter paper cone woofer. Again both the eminence and the sica must be broken in to properly evaluate the differences. From design and manufacturing to the stage or studio. Open baffle speaker drivers are fostex fx120 and eminence alpha 15 active crossover using a minidsp 2x4 asymetrical crossover at 200hz 2nd order lr and 500 hz 2nd. Alpha, i meant 15 does your alpha bass measure solid at 35, or is it already a6 or 10 db down by that point. Gw1858 and the eminence alpha 15a measured thielesmall parameters is. The driver incorporates a higher qts for large or open enclosures. Recommended for professional audio and bass guitar applications as a woofer in a. Open baffle using fostex fx120 and eminence alpha 15.
A truly versatile compact fullrange driver perfectly suited for tight fitting pro audio line array and column array applications. Suited for twoway top boxes, fullrange twoway and threeway. All speakers are tested at 1w1m using a variety of test setups for the appropriate impedance lms using 0. The beta 15a is also useful for bass guitar speaker systems and combo amps. They use the 3 fostex ff85k fullrange driver for the mid and top and the 15 eminence alpha 15a for the bottom. From a visitor hearing the prototype obl11s, i can report that these 15 eminence deltalites beat the crap out of eminence alpha 15a, which is often referred to in ob connections as being an ideal driver for this application. Eminence kappa pro 15a 15 cast frame driver the eminence kappa pro 15a 15 cast frame speaker driver is recommended for professional audio in a vented midbass or bass enclosure. Trondereo, i am in the process of building something similar to these using a three way model as the briggs sfb was. The alpha 15a is a great driver for open back cabs at relatively low power levels. This was my expectation and what i had hoped for by choosing a fairly lowqt driver and applying the. Open baffle on top of hframe speaker projects by zilla. Mid goodmans modded triaxiom and a compression hf driver. The eminence alpha15a 15 speaker is ideal for twoway sound reinforcement systems, keyboard, and guitar combos. Eminence american standard delta 15a 15 pro audio speaker, 400 watts at 8 ohms designed for high power pamonitor speaker applications, the eminence delta 15a pa speaker features a heavy 56oz.
Eminence alpha speaker for open baffle, sealed and ported speaker cabinets. Thanks to mjks wonderful hframe design ive been able to enjoy open baffle bass in my home. Eminence is proud to announce the following new products for 2018. Four stars because eminence clearly has better speakers with higher power handling, but i have to say the value of this alpha 15 really shines. Gw 1858 and the eminence alpha 15a measured thielesmall. Jordan jx92s open baffle and goldwood gw1858 h frame two. Ive placed small sealed and ported speakers on top and enjoyed the sound but decided to. On a suitably sized open baffle the eminence alpha15a woofer can. Eminence alpha 38 3 midrange full range speaker 8 ohm. Eminence beta 15a 15 driver eminence s beta 15a 15 speaker is recommended for professional audio as a woofer in sealed and vented enclosures. Recommended for professional audio and bass guitar applications as a woofer in a vented or sealed enclosure. Alpha 15a american standard series recommended for professional audio and bass guitar applications as a woofer in a vented or sealed enclosure.
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